Television receiver chassis



M. J. MORRIS July 29, 1952 VER CHASSIS TELEVISION RECEI 2 SHEETS -SHEET 1 Filed May 18, 1950 s RH mw MM d M M MM Mp M. J. MORRIS TELEVISION RECEIVER CHASSIS July 29, 1952 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed May 18, 1950 Patented July 29, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT J; Q if 'cHAssrs "Myron J. -Morr-is, Yonkers, N. Y., assignor to' 'lfele. "King Corporation, a corporation of :N ew York Application, May 18, 1950, Serial No. 16255510 "This invention relates to a supporting box or ch'assisfor electronic apparatus especially of the cathode raytube type such. as television re ceivers.

In'the past, the mounting of cathode ray tubes thetube and the complexity of the necessary.

connections, One of the objects of the invention is alchassis permitting easy assembly in a minimum of Space while reducing to a minimum mechanical and electrical interference between certain. sensitive parts of the equipment supported on the chassis.

A more specific object of this invention is a chassishaving a cathode ray tubesubstantially directly mounted or supported thereon, thus, providing a minimum of height. I

A further specific object of the invention to formthe chassis in such a Way that While the circuit elements'themselves. are supported, substantially inside and/or outside thereof, its walls are built to form. protective screens. betweenicertain' sensitive portions or partsof the a paratus.

Another object of the inventionis to form the supporting body .ofsaid chassis itself of a minimum of'parts pi .n etal. partly integral with, each other .and partly easily attachable toeaeh other by screwing," bolting, welding, or thelike.

Still another object of this inventionis to. provide a supporting body for a quadrangular type of cathode ray tube where the front .orscreen portion of-th'e tube is supported substantially merely on'edge portions of its front base. while the intermediate or central portions of this front base extend over a cavityor depression in the supporting body. *Such cavity or depression is adapted-t0 receive and support thereon certain circuit-elements such as tubes or other. parts of the -apparatus which ought to be easily accessible.

3 These "and other objects of theinvention will be mbre 'rullyap arent from ,the drawings Jannexedhereto.

Figure 1 represents perspectively th ho dy of v inloine front .view, two rear views -and=;one bottomyiew; a televisionchassis' showing a certain 6 Claims. (01. 17.8- 1.5)

elements number of circuit elements more N tant forthe purpose of this invention. t

I In Figure 1, part i represents a channelsh'ap'ed sheet metal piece having horizontal fiaps z and 3 to which vertical side pieces'ti, 6 are bolted.

At -1 there will be attached a front piece '(not shown here) of sheet metal of substantially quadrangular configuration extend-ihgover bo'th side wings 8, Sand also over central depression 10.

".2 v v i orless imporrangular shape will be attached. This back-cover (not shown here) consists of a channelshaipe'd piece of sheet-metal following more 'or "1655 01238813 the outlinedetermined b siee'wings c,- 9 and deneath flap 3 or 2 or both).

side wing (8, 9 of thechassis -formed under Side walls-13,1 of depression l'fl wh ch preferably are formed of one piece with the-"depressed'centerspace "l5 of -top -platel electrimscreen-Jfor at least some or the ciriiit contained in side Wings 8, 9, [rest-eetively.

Center portion 1 5, on: its top, supports tubes, and the like circuit elements whic are norinsny required to be 'easilyacces'sible. r M 1 Similar considerations apply to spaces 8," 9

and-flaps 3, 2, respectivel-y, the;latter supporting on the "top 'thereof'tubes, transformers like and underneath thereof other ments such as resistors; concise-sew; transformers,- which are less accessible because course all interconnecting In Figure 2, which represents 'a less subject to wear nd replacement, f

, v r r th cal-layout of-the top surface of the a television receiver, oscillator and Rl xer tubes appear to be' arra nged at 1e, |1,, rr ably in a-cutout of -the chassis schematically indicated at [8, andat an angle with respect to he vertical. Tubes I 5, I! are supported an a clia nnelselecting meohanism or tuner (not-shown) which is also supported on this chassis --inside or underneath thereof with its Jshaft. projecting through its frontpanel. V

At l I, a back cover which is not of quad Outlets for intermediate frequency amplifiers are provided at I9, 20, 2 I. Sound discrimination is served by tube 22; video detection and automatic gain control by tube 23 and an associated video amplifier is indicated at 24.

A pair of sound transformers are indicated at points 25, 26. All these circuit elements are supported on the top surface of side wing 21 of the chassis.

The central depression 28 of the chassis supports-upwardly projecting therefrom-video and audio amplifier tubes 29, 30; D. C. restorer and sync. clipper 3I, horizontal oscillator 32 and horizontal phase detector 33 as Well as a number of electrolytic condensers 34.

The remaining side wing 35 of the chassis is provided with ventilation openings or perforations 36 and supports thereon more or less important. bulky, and electrically sensitive equipment such as horizontal detector 31, high voltage rectifier 38, horizontal rectifier 39, and main power nections, a horizontal line transformer and a power transformer (both not shown here) in appropriate positions as will be described further below.

vFigure 3 represents a perspective side View of a television chassis assembled with some of its elements. 4I represents the body of the chassis having elevated side portions 42, 43 and a depressed central portion 44.

Cathode ray tube 45 is supported on main portions 42, 43 bridging central portion 44; its neck 46 is supported (in a manner not shown here) on a bracket 41 which also encloses deflection coils (not shown) and is attached at points 48 to wings 42, 43, straddling central depression 44.

, Horizontal output tube 49 is arranged under protecting cover'50 attached to the top of side wing 42.

R. F. mixer and oscillator output tubes |,52

are shown to be attached to and supported on channel selector or tuner 53, which in turn is supported on front panel 54 at least partially, with its shaft 55 projecting therefrom. Some of the tubes supported on central depression 44 are shown at 56.

1 .At least one control shaft 5'! is shown to extend from front panel 54 at Wing portion 42 and connected to one of the circuit elements inside that wing portion.

This wing 42 also supports enclosed therein power transformer 60 with a portion of its winding' 6I projecting from the rear end of the chassis.

At an intermediate point of wing space 42, there is arranged a horizontal circuit transformer schematically indicated at 62. Figure 4 shows a perspective rear View on a chassis consisting of a central sheet metal base 63 and side sheets 64, 65, a front sheet (not shown) and a rear sheet 66.

Electronic tubes are indicated at 61 through 13, transformers at 74, I5, all on the left wing of the chassis.

I Tubes I6, 11, I8 are arranged at the right and perforated wing of the chassis with power transformer winding I9 projecting from the rear end of that wing.

A cathode ray tube 80 is supported on th front end of the chassis, preferably on rubber cushions '(not shown here) and fixed in its position by a band 8| attached to the side walls of the chassis.

4 Neck 82 of tube 00 is surrounded by a deflection coil assembly 83 and is supported together with these deflection coils on the straddling bracket 84, which is attached by screws 85 or the like to the side wings of the chassis.

In the central depression 63 there are supported several tubes, one of which is shown at 06, condensers and other elements which appropriately require such disposition.

Figure 5 shows a perspective side view illustrating the band 81 attaching tube 88 to the chassis, and the angular position of oscillator and mixer tubes 30, 9|, supported on a channel selector (not shown here) which in turn is supported on the chassis and inside thereof, the control shaft of which is shown at 92.

A number of control shafts 93, 94 are also shown to project from front panel 94.

The invention is not limited to the particular construction of a television chassis and its composition of several parts shown and described nor to the specific arrangement of tubes, circuit elements and connections shown and described, but may be applied without exceeding its scope to all forms of chassis for all types of apparatus within the skill of anyone familiar with the design of electronic apparatus, their assembly and operation.

Tube 88 is mounted on rubber cushions 96, 9].

Figure 6 shows a perspective view onto the bottom of a television receiver chassis with parts of its circuit elements and connections attached thereto.

The three compartments formed by the two side wings and the central depression are indicated at 98, 99, I00, respectively; front and back panels are shown at IOI, I02; outer side panels appear at I03, I04; the inner side panels which in accordance with the invention also serve as electric screens or the like, and which are preferably integral with the central depression, are indicated at I05, I06, respectively.

The horizontal surfaces 96, 99, I00 support above and underneath thereof the far greater number of all the circuit elements and connections of the television receiver.

Space 99 also encloses at I01 the channel selector or tuner while space 98 encloses at least partially power transformer I08 and horizontal transformer I09.

' Depressed portion I00 is sufficiently low to permit on the top thereof placement of tubes, condensers, and the like to fit into the space thereabove and beneath the cathode ray tube (not shown). Portion I00, however, is not low enough to prevent arrangement thereunder of a great number of circuit arrangements, resistors, condensers, schematically drawn at IIO, III, II2, II3, and associated wiring underneath depression I00, at a sufiicient distance from the floor of the chassis.

Inner walls I05, I06, may also serve to support certain circuit elements such as small transfloramerl'z and condensers, schematically shown at Front panel I0l may serve in well known manner to support control shafts H6, H7, H8, H9, I20, and their associated potentiometers, tuning coils, condensers, and other tuning or control elements suitably attached thereon, and schematically shown at I2I, I22, I23, I24, and I01, respectively.

The disposition of the circuit elements beneath and also above the supporting chassis is a matter determined not only by the form of the chassis 5 in accordance with the invention but also by the structure of circuits used, type of assembly contemplated, and generally by mechanical, electrical and economical requirements familiar to any electronic engineer and applicable to the invention without exceeding the scope thereof.

I claim:

1. Chassis for television receiver comprising a sunken central portion for supporting circuit components and elevated side portions, and a television tube supported on said side portions, with its face bridging said sunken portions spaced therefrom to enable components to be mounted on the sunken portion of the chassis below any part of the picture tube.

2. Chassis according to claim 1, wherein said elevated side portions have inner walls forming said sunken central portion and shielding the interior of said elevated side portions.

3. Chassis according to claim 1, wherein said elevated side portions have inner Walls forming said sunken central portion and shielding the interior of said elevated side portions, said inner walls forming an integral part of said sunken central portion.

4. Chassis according to claim 1, wherein said elevated side portions have inner walls forming said sunken central portion and shielding the interior of said elevated side portions, said inner walls forming an integral part of said sunken central portion and said side portions have outer walls attached to said side portions.

5. Chassis according to claim 1, comprising a front panel extending over both side and central portions, covering the depression formed by said sunken central'portion and a back panel eX- tending over both side and central portions,

tion at one end thereof and said channel selector means having tubes also projecting from its associated side portion, the transformer projection and channel selector extending from its associated side portions at the opposite end thereof.

' MYRON J. MORRIS.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,458,365 Fyler Jan. 4, 1949 2,484,345 Hinz Oct. 11, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 866,433 France Aug. 12, 1941 OTHER REFERENCES Loren Berichte, #3, September 1937; page 116.

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